AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G vs Intel Core i7-6700

Processor comparisons   17-03-2021
   For example you can't decide which CPU to buy, you can make a choice after reading the detailed tests AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G vs Intel Core i7-6700 and decide which is better for games or normal use for machine learning, rendering, streaming, programming, video editing. Here is all information from real video editing and streaming tests or many benchmarks. A step-by-step analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to read, is summarized in the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in software tests such as GeekBench 6, 5.2, RealBench, PCMark 10, 3DMark, Blender, Handbrake, VeraCrypt, Dolphin Emulator, UserBenchmark, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), Blender, AIDA64, Gears 5, MATLAB, SuperPi, 7zip, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Prime95, WPrime, Furmark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, PassMark.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Watch Dogs Legion
DOOM: Eternal
Valheim
Fallout 76
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
Overwatch
Red Dead Redemption 2
Last Man Standing
Fortnite
Rainbow Six Siege
Grand Theft Auto V
Halo Infinite
Death Stranding
Apex Legends
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Borderlands 3
Valorant
Cyberpunk 2077

After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i7-6700 or AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Athlon Gold PRO 3150G

52%

Core i7-6700

52%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Gold PRO 3150G

51%

Core i7-6700

52%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a small game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which CPU comparisons were performed: Microsoft Flight Simulator, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Monster Hunter World, Metro Exodus, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Control, Hitman 3, Half-Life: Alyx, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), League of Legends (LOL), Forza Horizon 4, DOTA 2A, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Horizon Zero Dawn, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Ghostrunner, NBA 2K20, Battlefield V.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	91.3	92.4
Valorant	103.7	105.0
Cyberpunk 2077	58.1	58.8
Apex Legends	97.5	98.7
Call of Duty Warzone	77.8	78.8
Overwatch	84.0	85.1
Red Dead Redemption 2	71.6	72.5
DOOM Eternal	51.9	52.5
Warzone	80.9	81.9
Assassin's Creed	87.1	88.2
Valheim	86.1	87.2

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 4K, 2K or FullHD. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Athlon Gold PRO 3150G

42%

Core i7-6700

56%

To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Core i7-6700 is more energy efficient than the Athlon Gold PRO 3150G as it consumes less power: 65W vs. 65W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, machine learning, video editing or video rendering, programming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum efficiency, the CPU turns on all cores and threads that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to make sure that the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that can use only one core to run, and all the benefit of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G	Intel Core i7-6700
Cinbench 15 Single-core	139	171
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	736	816
Cinbench 20 Single-core	351	406
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1603	1774
Cinbench 23 Single-core	906	1071
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	4356	4921

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G	Intel Core i7-6700
Single-Core	2344	2325
Multi-Core	7678	8025

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G	Intel Core i7-6700
Single-Core	823	1095
Multi-Core	3218	4353

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the release date of the processor and the possibility of overclocking it. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same can be said about overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in the newest games. Accordingly, you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The savings are obvious!

	AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G	Intel Core i7-6700
Announcement date	April 01, 2020	April 01, 2015
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM4	LGA 1151
Core name	Dali	Skylake
Architecture	Zen	x86
Generation	1	6
Turbo Frequency	3.9 MHz	4 MHz
Frequency	3.5 MHz	3.4 MHz
Cores	4	4
Threads	4	8
Bus rate		8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	2400 millions	2800 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	65 W	65 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V
Max. Memory		64 Gb
Memory Frequency	2933
Memory bandwidth		34.1 GB/s
L1 cache	384KB
L2 cache	2MB
L3 cache	4MB	8 MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YD315BC5M4MFH

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon Gold PRO 3150G is 2% better than Core i7-6700 in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G is better: 7
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i7-6700 is better: 29
However, it should be realized that the summary data in the table above do not mean that taking them into account you should entirely trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the testing video and read the reviews of of people who bought AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G and Intel Core i7-6700 before deciding which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

• AMD Athlon Gold PRO 3150G specs and review.

• Intel Core i7-6700 specs and review.